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Gently vs. Subtly — What's the Difference?

Gently vs. Subtly — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Gently and Subtly

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Gently

Considerate or kindly in disposition; amiable and tender.

Subtly

So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive
A subtle smile.

Gently

Not harsh or severe; mild and soft
A gentle scolding.
A gentle tapping at the window.

Subtly

Difficult to understand; abstruse
An argument whose subtle point was lost on her opponent.

Gently

Easily managed or handled; docile
A gentle horse.
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Subtly

Able to make fine distinctions
A subtle mind.

Gently

Not steep or sudden; gradual
A gentle incline.

Subtly

Operating in a hidden, usually injurious way; insidious
A subtle poison.

Gently

Of good family; wellborn
A child of gentle birth.

Subtly

Characterized by skill or ingenuity; clever.

Gently

Suited to one of good breeding; refined and polite
A gentle greeting to a stranger.

Subtly

Crafty or sly; devious.

Gently

(Archaic) Noble; chivalrous
A gentle knight.

Subtly

With subtleness, in a subtle manner; with cleverness rather than brute force.

Gently

One of good birth or relatively high station.

Subtly

In a subtle manner; slyly; artfully; cunningly.
Thou seest how subtly to detain thee I devise.

Gently

To make less severe or intense
The peaceful sunset gentled her dreadful mood.

Subtly

Nicely; delicately.
In the nice bee what sense so subtly true.
Subtly communicating itself to my sensibilities, but evading the analysis of my mind.

Gently

To soothe, as by stroking; pacify.

Subtly

Deceitfully; delusively.

Gently

To tame or break (a horse).

Subtly

In a subtle manner;
Late nineteenth-century French opera at its most beautiful, subtly romantic with a twilight melancholy

Gently

(Obsolete) To raise to the status of a noble.

Gently

Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.

Gently

In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.

Gently

Quietly: without much noise or motion.

Gently

(historical) From a gentle or high-class family.

Gently

(obsolete) In the manner of one of gentle birth; in a manner that reflects the traditional virtues of the gentry: courteously, nobly.

Gently

In a gentle manner.
My mistress gently chides the fault I made.

Gently

In a gradual manner;
A gently sloping terrain

Gently

In a gentle manner;
He talked gently to the injured animal

Gently

With little weight or force;
She kissed him lightly on the forehead

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